COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to identify and examine the subjects such as, the concept of neurlinguistics and its area of study, the psychological and neurological features of language and speech progress, the interrelation between the language and the mind, the relation between language and the brain, the localisation of language in the brain, the localization of mother and second language in the brain and the problems of language arising from brain damages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to Neurolinguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
2. Ingram, John C. L. (2007) Neurolinguistics: An Introduction to Spoken Language Processing and its Disorders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Stemmer, B. & Whitaker, H. A. (1998). Handbook of Neurolinguistics. San Diego & London: Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Power point presentations
2. Case Studies
3. Screening techniques
4. Diagnostics through screening images
5. Videos

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam 40%
2. Final exam 60%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.karaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes